Weather Records on 16 November 1942

520 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1942. Highest significance: Prince, CA.

Key Facts for 16 November 1942

On 16 November 1942, 520 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
352 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 509 daily.
Prince set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 16 November 1942.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

520 stations

520 station records on 16 November 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kunderang East (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saltair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jerusalem St. Anne	Israel	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville D St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamakhyanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Banpur	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

520 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 279, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 November 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	279
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 November 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 509.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

421 broken records

Margins by which the 421 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1942

Top 20 records on 16 November 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1942	Prince, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1942	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1942	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1942	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11.6 C (20.9 F)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1942	Sion, CA	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1942	Kunderang East (Kenebree), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1942	Sion, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1942	Cicero Dantas, BR	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Edmonton, CA	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Edmonton, CA	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Waseca, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Jeogla Station, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Brooklana, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Uman, UA	daily low min	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	45 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Emporia 1 S, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	45 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Lost River, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1942	Ottumwa 1 WSW, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1805 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1942. 1942 had 520 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	393
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1